Abstract
Green Business Process Management (BPM) focuses on the ecological impact of business processes. This article provides a systematic mapping study of Green BPM literature to evaluate five attributes of the Green BPM research area: (1) scope, (2) disciplines, (3) accountability, (4) researchers and (5) quality control. The results allow developing a research agenda to enhance Green BPM as an approach for environmentally sustainable organizations. We rely on a dichotomy of knowledge production to present research directives relevant for both academics and practitioners in order to help close a rigor-relevance gap. The involvement of both communities is crucial for Green BPM to advance as an applied, business-oriented discipline.
Highlights
Organizations are becoming more environmentally-aware [1]
To evaluate the attribute of (2) disciplines, we looked at the foundations of Business Process Management (BPM) that are preceding Green BPM to identify an appropriate classification scheme
We excluded duplicated articles and unrelated papers, i.e., if they did not have a direct link with Green BPM or a Green BPM capability
Summary
Organizations are becoming more environmentally-aware [1]. As part of an environmental business strategy, an optimization of operations in the light of ecological objectives has gained importance [2]. The reduction of electricity consumption [11] or carbon emissions [12] can be considered as ecological optimization objectives for business processes Both conventional and environmentally sustainable process-related objectives can be addressed by so-called process-centered techniques which support the design, configuration, enactment, evaluation and administration of business processes [13]. According to Gibbons et al [25], a new approach (i.e., Mode 2, practical relevance) is evolving out of, and coexisting with, the traditional protocols (i.e., Mode 1, scientific relevance) These two modes differ among five important attributes, namely (1) scope, (2) disciplines, (3) accountability, (4) researchers and (5) quality control. For an applied and business-oriented discipline as Green BPM, a balance between the two modes is vital By relying on this dichotomy of research modes [25,26], the research agenda for further Green BPM development ensures both academic and practical relevance.
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